Bottle-handling device.



T. F. LAMB. BOTTLE HANDLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.10, 191av 1,991, 71,, Patented Ma1231, 1914.

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T. F. LAMB.

BOTTLE HANDLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED OGT.10,1913.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

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T. P. LAMB.

BOTTLE HANDLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.10, 1913.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

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ctively, for conven gusimen described. the cradle 48 is t IL-nd roclishalt u'ialx'cs one complete to-arui-fro oscillation, carrying the pawl32 back into engagement with the next lug 33, and then adi .cir therotary movement; of the ring-- plate to an extent @311 nail to the spacebetween two adj, cnt lugs.

Referring now to the mechanism for transferring the freshly made bottlesfrom the blowing or moldingmachine onto the intermittently revolvingtable, Sidesignates a quadrant-shaped can, to the under side of which issecureu a bail-shaped inetal strap 36 (Fig. 4:) by which it is .pivoted,through horizontal hinge bolt 37 to an upright support, -38 on thebase-plate. the pan itselfbeing slightly inclined in a directiontransverse to the base-plate 5, as shown in Fig. l. is shown in Fig. 52,the pan is notched out through a little more than cne-half the lengthone. of the radial sides thereof, and to the remaining portion notchedoutside secured an upright stop-block 39 supported by a frame 4-0 andservine' to receive the impact; of the open ends oi the freshly madebottles as they are delivered outo the pan by a suitably positionedstationary chute 41 (F The other ial side of the pan '25 provided'with a'[ia11ge 4l2, and the curved side also provided with a flange &3, al-

h l have found in practicethatthis latter tie, when the pan is tilted,automatically shifts its axial position through a rigl'1t-'anglc withoutappreciable cndlong sliding movement. The inn 35 is normally maintainedin elevated or bottlca'ecei'ving position by suitahle means such as thetension spying connected at one end to the frame eiOthat carries tlicimpact-bloclq 35 and at opposite end to a fixed post 45 arising from thebase-plate Cooper "inn; with the pan is a device for transferring thebottle from the latter u onto the rotary receiving tallc ooruprisinn thefollowing part" l lo designates an auxi iary i-oclt shaft journaledtransversely of the basopla'te 5 substantially midway between the tablespindle 8 and the rock shalt. Fast on rock shaft is an arm 4 m the treeend of which latter is mounted I i cradle 48 that, in theloweredpositionoi h aunA'T shown in Figs. 1 and 9, registers w h thenotched side of the pan 35, and receives the bottles sucr cively fromsaid pan. him-c specifically l.rcctly mounted, .s stem '1 upon alixillVnlIli'lllf/ e l n l 4:29, which latter is extended a slight y bedispensed witln since the hotdistance beyond the connection oi thecradle" thereto and terminates in an upw rdly turned finger 50, for anirpose hereinafter described. Fast; on one end of the auxiliary ro'cltshaft 15 a slotted crank-arm 51 thatb connected by a link to similarciank arm 53 fast on one end of the main rock shaft To provide anelastic connection 1.- hetween the link 5 and he crank-arin 53 that willavoid shocks jars, the pivot 75. pin connecting said parts is Cushionedon either side by springs 55 and 55 carried in a spring-box or housing5'? on the end of the link 52. 1 I

Referring back to the rotary receiving tav 30 hle, 5S designatesa-radius arm keyed t0 the spindle 8 and, at itsioutei' end, overlyingthe inner portion 01 tliering-plate-ili *ivoted to said outerentlof theradiusar'm 58 is a bottle-centering device in the form 85. of a movablestopflalate. preferably c0iicave to substantially fit the contour of thebody of the bottle. The stop-plate 59 is. normally drawn inwardlyhy anextension spring 60, a link-rod fil connecting-one end of said springwith an anchor boss (32 keyed i to the spindle 8. The st0p'pl'ate has anextension on the opposite side of itspivot, forming a contact memberthat is engaged by the linger 50 as the bot-t-le'isf 9 5. advanced overthe edge of the table; in the manner hereinafter described.

6% designates an arc-shaped guide or slideway extending between thebase-plate 5 and the upper surface of the ring-plate 9 of the reccivingtable, The bottle-engaging sur- I face of this guide 6%- is convex, asshown, the guide being formed on an arc whose center of curvature isapproximately in the axis of the auxiliary rock sh: it 46. The lower endof the cradle 4:8 reciprocates above the outer convex surface of theguide 6% in comparatively close proximity thereto, the bottom of thebottle in the or; dle sliding over the guide (34 as it is raised by thecradle and pushed onto the ring-plate i Secured to-the base-plate. is ashortnp; standing rod 65 having a horizontally bent end 65 that i'orinsa stop limiting thedown ward swing of the cradle-carrying arm 4:7 to aposition at which the cradle 48 lies sub stantially flush at one edgewith the tilting pan in the lowered position of the latter.

To check the bottles, when received from. the chute 41 onto the pan fromrolling down and oil the discha'goc edge of the lattef before the cradlet? asiyeet ed b0ttle-reei ine; position, I provide i movable, guardcomprising a rod. oiibaiibe-nt to form a guardarm ()6 (:Fig. 2) merlyi'the pan 35 and an 135 actuating arm 67 therct'or, which latter ispivoted at its outer end on the upper end of the etamlard Uhc arm ofthceloail 36 to which the pan iliis attached is extended downwardly somedistance below the hinge "ertical axis and having a circular row ofbottle-seats formed in the upper surface thereof of means for impartinga step-bystep rotary movement to said .table menus for successivelydelivering bootleg in uptight position ontosaid bottle-seats, and a'tmovnble bottle-ceutel ing rlevice ecliperziting Withsaidfbottle-delivering means to position said bottles upon said seats.

In a, bottle-handling clevicq the combil miic-n with a table rotatablymounted on a vertical axis and having a circular row of bottle-seatsformed in the upper surface thereof, of means for imparting astep-bystep rotary movement to .said table, a pivotecl centering-platehaving 22 1 tmcted bottle-engngmg portlon on of its plvot and a Contactport l )os1tc sldecl ltS owe-t and enll carrying a bottle-cradle movabletowel-(121ml HG

